HARPER, Robert Holly Ashton
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Number:
777618
Born:
Monday, January 9, 1928
Birthplace:
Natal South Africa
Died :
Friday, February 26, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
32
Cemetery/Memorial:
Sergeant Robert Harper died during operations in North Africa. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in the Battle of Steamroller Farm at El Arousa, Tunisia. He had been attested into the Royal Artillery at Sheffield in 1928. Son of Holly and Kathleen Harper; husband of Ethel M. Harper, of Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorkshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty lists / National Archives file WO417/58.
Royal Artillery Casualty Cards.
Royal Artillery Attestation Records.
Primary Roll of Honour:
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